Owen Strachan Articles on New England

I, along with two other brothers and our families, will be moving to Boston in September to church plant.  So anything New England is interesting to me: “Ghosts of New England: A God-Expectant Place” — Go here. “An Interview with Owen Strachan” at the Gospel Alliance of New England blog — Go here.

“Why the City is a Wonderful Place to Raise Children”

By Kathy Keller.  Go here.

May God Be So Gracious To Us

Long it has been an excuse for many how their decline in Christian ministry is due to their advancement of their age.  It is as if the long lives of many imminent saints, biblical and historical, are akin to eclipses that are exceptional when they occur though that occurrence be seldom.  I will not argue [...]

Holy Oil or Earthly Ambition?

What is the motivation behind your study of the Bible pastor?  Seminarian? Christian?  John Owen, dubbed the Prince of Puritans, was known throughout his life for his genius, the immensity of his learning, and his intense passion for biblical study and theological writing.  One of his biographers, Andrew Thomson, comments on Owen’s struggle for purity [...]

How Will He Care for God’s Church?

The title is a quote from the apostle Paul, 1 Tim 3.5b.  The context of the quote concerns the qualifications for those men gifted by God and set apart by the church for the noble task of overseer (elder/pastor).  The most immediate context is that qualification that deals with the management of one’s own home. [...]

“Humility is the Key to Following Christ”

This is a sermon preached by Pastor Ryan Fullerton.  A challenge to comfort Christianity, and frankly, to me as I continually battle to do that which Christ called me (and us) to do most fundamentally, viz., “count the cost.”  Listen with an attentive heart as Pastor Ryan opens up the worthiness of Christ by the [...]

A Divine Work in Boston

Some of you may not know that I, along with my family, and two other brothers, along with their families, are planning to plant a church in Boston, MA, Lord willing, by the summer of 2012, with a launch date sometime in the summer of 2013.  My prayers of late, by God’s supernatural grace, have [...]

Obligated and Eager, Rom 1.14-15

I will be taking a class on Paul’s epistle to the Romans in the Spring and thought that I would go ahead and work my way through his magisterial letter.  Yesterday, I came across Romans 1.14-15, and found myself awakened by what is written there.  It is simple, really, once one looks at the passage [...]

Chrysostomos

Chrysostomos was the nickname given to John Chrysostom, preacher for twelve years at the Cathedral in Antioch and named bishop of Constantinople in 398 A.D.  ”Chrysostomos” meant “golden-mouthed,” an affectionate play upon his name.  In Between Two Worlds, John Stott quotes Philip Schaff as saying that he “remains to this day a model for preachers [...]

“The Human Future is an Urban Future . . . Will the Church Also Hear?”

Intriguing post by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, entitled “Mission and Metropolis: The Church and the City.” An excerpt: The human future is an urban future. In one of the greatest social shifts of all human history, over half of all living humans now inhabit cities. Driven by [...]